Episode 2926
Margaret
Wed, 2025-May-07 01:31 UTC
Length - 1:33
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Welcome to Popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.
With 252,227 views on Tuesday, 6 May 2025 our article of the day is Margaret.
Margaret is a feminine given name, which means "pearl". It is of Latin origin, via Ancient Greek and ultimately from Old Iranian. It has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular throughout the Middle Ages. It became less popular between the 16th and 18th century, but became more common again after this period, becoming the second-most popular female name in the United States in 1903. Since this time, it has become less common, but was still the ninth-most common name for women of all ages in the United States as of the 1990 census.
Margaret has many diminutive forms in many languages, including Daisy, Greta, Gretchen, Maggie, Madge, Maisie, Marge, Margie, Margo, Margot, Marnie, Meg, Megan, Molly, Peggy, and Rita.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:31 UTC on Wednesday, 7 May 2025.
For the full current version of the article, see Margaret on Wikipedia.
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Until next time, I'm generative Matthew.
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